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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
1
W Stephens invites shoppers to Enterprise House for a grand sale of groceries crockery glassware wines and spirits with exceptionally low prices. The up to date store promises thousands of bargains and urges a personal visit today to maximize savings on needed pantry items.
W Stephens offers the largest assortment of Wines Ales Spirits and Cordials in Colac at reduced rates. The stock includes Colonial Wines Muscat Sherry Port Claret and more, aged in wood before bottling.
A promotional note asserts Colonial Ales are bottled by the Brewers and stored in cool Ballarat Brewery cellars before clearance to ensure purity. The list shows various wines spirits and prices with several spelled errors and archaic measures.
A fragmented old advertisement lists various groceries and prices including Old Flour in 200 lb sacks, Sago, Cream of Tartar, Salt, Tomato Sauce, Herring, Worcestershire, and preserved pineapples. It mentions prices in old currency and notes bulk packaging and sales terms. The legible items emphasize flour brands, canned goods, spices, and household supplies offered for wholesale or large purchases.
A speech by Mir Deakin at Movart signals Liberal resistance to Conservative oaths to join forces with the Labor ministry. Deakin insists he speaks for neither ministry nor opposition, arguing the Conservatives seek power by any means. The piece notes Labor's isolation, Liberal vote splitting in Corangamite, and ongoing cross-party tensions shaping policy in parliament.
A fragmented sale notice advertises crockery glassware porcelainware and dining sets with discounts, plus milk jugs cups saucers and breakfast sets. Also features crates of stock, jars and saucepans, bacon butter and groceries, plus farm feeds and seeds to draw shoppers into a Brooklining sale.
Severe weather shuts telegraph services as accounts awaiting payment are listed for F Boylan H A Brady and others. Colac court hears cases over a tubular separator dispute with O Dew denied jurisdiction and Connelly ordered for 12 pounds plus costs. Local notices promote cream separators and dairy equipment from Melbourne agents with promotional detail.
Mr Taverner the Agent General writes to Minister of Agriculture Mr Graham seeking further supplies of Victorian manufactured woollen products to display at the London office. Samples from Geelong and Castlemaine are requested to showcase local industry.
A historical dairying study recommends daily weighing and testing of milk to identify best and worst cows. With a full season of records, farmers can weed out poor producers and improve herd average, sometimes doubling milk yield in three years. Examples from Danish associations show high milk and fat outputs driving value. careful testing reveals true cow worth and guides breeding and replacements.
Melbourne dispatch reports Minister of Mines Mr M Bridy plans extensive tours across the state during his term in office. The notice appears in the Melbourne news summary under Australian Steel.
Reports from Hamburg describe a disaster aboard the Hamburg America liner Haiserin Auguste Victoria. While passengers bade farewell prior to departure, a broken gangway hurled many into the water, with seven bodies recovered so far. Investigations in London note no hereditary link to disease in a Middlesex Hospital study. A Trafalgar Square shooting case reveals the killer Dawson was a Montreal businessman, not American. Harry Brittain defends conference delegation balance, asserting editors and proprietors will attend and that cable rate discussions included diverse publishers.
A COLACP AHDA committee meeting notes a deficit of £222 8s and discusses show funding, ground use for Easter Monday fete, proposed rebates on last year’s charges, and tentatively delaying tenders to March 6. The show committee will draft a programme and subsidy terms for gold medals, with officers appointed to plan.
London magistrates sentenced several prominent suffragettes seen at Brookes Club including Mrs Pethick Lawrence and Mrs Doles to two weeks imprisonment. Among the 37 women detained during an earlier raid on the Commons, two were ordered to give sureties for good behavior while others faced similar penalties amid the rail strike turmoil.
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